14-year-old to be tried as adult in Pike County murder of father

6:31 PM,
Aug. 21, 2013

Blake Thompson

Written by

Emily LeCoz

Affidavits filed in Pike County Justice Court reveal more details about the day 53-year-old McComb resident Kenneth Thompson allegedly was murdered by his teenage son and others and how a police officer allegedly helped hide the evidence.

Thompson's 14-year-old son, Blake Thompson, reportedly plotted to kill him with the help of two other individuals, Greg Fortenberry, 26, and LeJerrious Perkins, 17, according to criminal reports hand-written by Troy Travis of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.

The MBI is the lead agency in the case. It charged Thompson, Fortenberry and ...